ice cream flavors

Neapolitan ice cream is known for its side-by-side layers of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream. But what does a tri-flavored ice cream have to do with the province of Naples? The origins date back to the late 1800s, when Neapolitan immigrants arrived in America with a vast knowledge of desserts. One of the sweets they introduced to America was spumoni, an Italian ice cream that was typically molded and contained three flavors of ice cream, such as chocolate and pistachio, each with a layer of fruit and nuts in between them. This "Neapolitan-style ice cream" caught on in the United States, taking on the most popular flavors in America — vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry — a legacy that's still popular today.

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July is many things, among them, hot and patriotic. It's also National Ice Cream Month, and it has been since 1984, when then-President Ronald Reagan declared it so.

Although it'd be easy for me to declare my favorite flavor — that'd be salted caramel ice cream, in case any of you want to send a pint my way! — it's way more fun for me to detail some of the crazy third-wave ice cream flavors that I've tried in recent memory: salted licorice, blue cheese, and bourbon and cornflake. (Cicada's not on the list. Yet.) In honor of all things cold and creamy, I want to know: what's the most exotic ice cream flavor you've ever tried?

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My custom-created Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavor has got everyone in the office talking about the all-time best ice cream flavors. PartySugar's top choice is cookies and cream, AlexisSF craves vanilla bean, FabSugar enjoys rainbow sherbert, BellaSugar aches for chocolate chip cookie dough, and TrèsSugar has an affinity for mint chocolate chip. My favorite? I'm a sucker for Bi-Rite Creamery's salted caramel ice cream in San Francisco, and I absolutely adore the coffee flavor from Blue Bell, a creamery from my home state of Texas. In fact, I'm craving some cold creaminess right about now! What's your ice cream choice?